Boxing referee Wayne Kelly, 63, dies
Photo credit: AP | Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine, right, punches title defender Chris Byrd of the United States as American referee Wayne Kelly watches. (April 22, 2006)
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Wayne Kelly, one of New York State's most popular and proficient boxing referees and a veteran of 26 world championship fights, died unexpectedly on Wednesday. He was 63.
Kelly, a Garden City resident, was recovering from major gall bladder surgery in September when he suffered a heart attack, according to former New York State Athletic Commission chairman Randy Gordon, whose first act in...
